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Audio files of bird calls are useful for identification and this is a fairly long recording of the song. Common species in North America, but exotic to the rest of the world. Recorded Sandbanks Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada -- 2007 May by Mdf. Nominate and support. - Durova Charge! 08:14, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
The red-capped robin-chat is a relatively large species of robin-chat with a length of 15.5 to 19 cm (6.1 to 7.5 in). The adults have an orange-rufous head, face, breast and belly with a large dark eye. The overall appearance of the head is of anplain face with the dark eye in its centre.
Trisyllabic guttural calls when arriving at a roost at dusk. The Cape robin-chat has a harsh, low, trisyllabic alarm call, which may be rendered as WA-dur-dra, WA-de-da [6] or TURR-da-da. [4] It has given rise to several local names, including "Jan frederik", which matches the rhythm of the call if the last syllables are run together.
The white-browed robin-chat is 19–20 cm (7.5–7.9 in) long and weighs 29–51 g (1.0–1.8 oz). [4] The crown and face are black, and there is a white supercilium over the dark brown eye. [4] [6] The back is olive grey-brown, and the rump is rufous. The two central tail feathers are olive-brown, and the other feathers are orange-rufous.
Calls are sometimes distinctive enough for individual identification even by human researchers in ecological studies. [31] Call of black-capped chickadee (note the call and response with a second more distant chickadee) Over 400 bird species engage in duet calls. [32] In some cases, the duets are so perfectly timed as to appear almost as one call.
The calls and songs of the white-starred robin are geographically variable. Both sexes sing the territorial advertising song, which is a quiet song sung from near the ground. The courtship call is sung during a display flight, and is rendered as a sustained "wiii wii wiii". The loud contact call, also used as a warning call, varies by subspecies.
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Calls: 'scold' call at beginning & 'alarm' call at 42 s (very end) An adult while making an alarm call. The male, as with many thrushes, has a complex and almost continuous song. It is commonly described as a cheery carol, made up of discrete units, often repeated, and spliced together into a string with brief pauses in between. [23]